This natural phenomenon occurs due to myrcene terpenes that are found in mangoes; which are also found in marijuana. These myrcene terpenes cause the psychoactive ingredients in pot to travel faster and more efficiently in the blood brain barrier. Moving faster and efficiently subsequently increases the strength of your high, and it also lengthens your high. Increasing strength and length to a high can better medical marijuana patients by prolonging pain for amounts of time. This mango trick is a cheap and healthy way to increase your high.

Eating a mango an hour before smoking causes marijuana effects to happen faster, but eating a mango after you smoke will lengthen marijuana effects.